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Show I CHF well trained maid who commands com-mands good wages expects to wear a uniform, there is no question ques-tion about a cap, or a certain kind of collar or gown. She will wear what her new mistress requires in the way of service clothes and, of course, she expects her now mistress to pay for the same. A house maid or a waitress used to be expected to come to a new place equipped with at least one decent black frock "for aft-I aft-I ernoons, " and a certain number of I fresh whlto aprons as well as gingham kitchen or "working aprons.' Now, however, all aprons are "found" by the employer, even tho checked gingham kitchen aprons.; and a new house maid may not even possess tho one decent black gown. Unless It Is provided for her. she Is likely to wait on the dinner table in a V necked Oeorgette blouse and hobble skirt, or a garnet cashmere cash-mere frock trimmed with red bugles. Fortunately the-se service clothes do not cost a t;reit deal of money if one's ideas are simple and not too lndi vidual. A plain, correctly cut black afternoon drcKs of sateen may be hud for about three dollars: one of cotton mohair will cost flvo dollars or over Such a dress, for tho maid of all work"s afternoon hours, will have a straight, slightly gathered skirt and a buttoned-ln-front bodice with long flocvcs. The bodice may have a neck band for tho attachment of linen collars, or it may be cut out slightly at the throat for wear with a turned down lawn collar. 8mart looking parlor par-lor maids and waitresses in fashionable fashion-able houses wear turned down collars openinz In a cool, shallow V very often, j and 'the style is more becoming and , artistic than the stiff collar coming ' high at tho throat and vastly more 1 comfortable for the maid' Sleeves. however, are always long and rather I close-fitting. Never, on any account. will the waitress or parlor maid be I I permitted bare forearms except dur-i dur-i ing those morning hours of strenuous housework when a print frock Is worn. Even then, the sleeves will be long, with a buttoned cuff so that the turned-back sleeves may be rolled down Instantly and neatly buttohed If there is a call to the front door. Aprons come sing;y or in sets, with ; eufTs and collar to match. The smaller small-er the apron, the more coquettish the J uniform; and all aprons for house-1 maids, parlor maids and waitresses arc now rather small. The huge white I apron covering the skirt Is quite ex- j jtinct for household domestics, except for the hurse who wears il occasionally occasional-ly in the nursery. A conventional type Of aprpn for the raaid-of-all-w ork In the afternoon, or for the parlor maid ! and waitress, is pictured. Strips of embroidery that form shoulder straps i give a dainty trimming touch and a I bit of the embroidery crosses tho lit-' tie bib of the apron. Collar and cuffs are of hemstitched linen or of cotton lawn made crisp and stiff with boiled starch. The linen accessories are I much the best however, thoy are more i easily and quickly laundered without . starch and they have a glistening. I spic-span look when adjusted. They also wear much better, under the frequent fre-quent laundering necessary, than cheaper cotton lawn sets. The maid in the picture wears a very neat frock of black alpaca and surely no maid 1 could object to such a becoming cap j of frilled not with black bows! It Is I never wise to insist upon a cap until ; you have "sounded" the new maid's sentiments on this point. Good maids, r. hard to get these days and the cap question may arouse on antagonism that will make the first week hard for employer and domestic. Usually It is I best to approach the cap question i diplomatically. Provide the prettiest little cap you can find and let Abagall try it on In her own sanctum and note the becoming effect before any words are spoken. Footwear is. a more Important question ques-tion than that of caps anyway. One has seen many a maid prinked out in ribbon-trimmed cap and coquettish apron with run-over, bulging shoc-s or shabby slippers The maid should not be allowed to "wear out her old street boots around the house;" a constant con-stant practice with Abagalls of the Inefficient typo Service shoes should be insisted upon by tho mistress neat, low-heeled, quiet-soled hoots or slippers of soft leather, and In perfect condition. Black slippers with white stockings are worn now with black frocks and white aprons by maids In many exclusive homes. Where expense ex-pense is no object the maids are dressed In fetching uniforms of special spe-cial type, tho gowns of some unusual shade, like pearl gray, wino color, coffee brown or gray-blue. Aprons, cuffs and collar are of flnj handker chief linen, daintily scalloped, and the aprons are diminutive affairs with crisp ties. For special occasions there are aprons and collar sets of starched white net, scalloped or hemstitched. The maid In the plcturo has a skirt exactly the rtghf length, short enough to be out of the way and permit quick stepping about, yot not short enough to suggest coquetry. The nurse's costumo Is very dignified. digni-fied. Even the big Irish lass, quite untrained, who "minds baby;" becomes be-comes a picture of impressive dignity when togged out In her long capc-coit and little motherly honnet with white lawn strings. Around tho house the nurse wears a whlto linen, or blue linen frock with white lawn collar and cuffs. The long coat may be donned over this, or over a dark serge skirt and white shirtwaist If the day Is very cold. The nurse wears a white apron at certain times In her work at haby's bath hour for Instance but she never wears an apron with her street uniform, or when she brings baby down stairs to see visitors. French nurse maids wear picturesque caps with long streamers at the back, but there Is something very pleasing and winning about tho cape-coat-and-lltrlc-bonnet uniform of English and American ryirsc maids. . r Hie Nur--- o. tunic I - licurcvuc with it- Qualal Bonnet And Lawn Tics Ariel Its Voluminous Cape-Coat . Covering The Press. I , |